Violet Okpere has 28 years of professional and leadership experience, with a strong track record of safety, retail delivery, and transformational change in contracting and procurement. Violet started her professional career with a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering alongside MCIPS from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply. Expertise in all facets of supply chain management from Asset operations, Logistic Operations, Wells operations, and Major Projects. Diverse work experience in multiple countries, 24 years in Shell (UK, Brunei, Netherlands, and Nigeria) and four years for Sasol Petroleum International (South Africa, Mozambique, Canada, Gabon, Papua New Guinea).

Violet is currently working at Shell International Limited as the General Manager, CP Projects (Europe, Middle East, Africa); Violet leads the contracting and procurement management of major capital projects across the region and for all lines of business (Deepwater, Conventional oil & gas, Downstream, Integrated Gas and Renewable energy solutions).

Furthermore, she received the following awards: Fellow of the World Commercial and Contracting and The World Commerce & Contracting Fellow status, the highest accolade offered to its members.

In this episode, Violet  talks about professional excellence, fame, recognition awards, resilience and adding value to your work, having God in your life, and the self-awareness that you can succeed even when experiencing failures. She also shares how she became the top executive of SHELL International and leveraged the experts' skill sets.